Sled.



PATENTED NOV. 5, 1907.

L/J. COLLINS.

SLED.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 23, 1907.

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UNrrno s'ra'rns LUOIUS JAMES COLLINS, OF SARLES, NORTH DAKOTA.

SLED.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 5, 1907.

Application filed March 23. 1907. Serial No. 364,098.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LUCIUS Janus COLLINS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Sarles, in the county of Cavalier and State of North Dakota, have invented new and useful Improvements in Sleds, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to sleds, the object in view being to provide a sled for hauling purposes which is especially adapted to prairie countries and particularly the. western portions of the United States, where by reason of the conditions which exist in winter, hauling by sleds is rendered extremely dangerous, due in a great measure to the construction of sleds now in use. In prairie lands, by reason of the high winds which prevail in the winter time, the snow is blown in high drifts along the roadways until it frequently stands six or more feet in height in the roadway while twenty feet more or less to each side of the roadway, the snow will be sometimes not more than ten inches in depth, thus rendering teaming in the spring of the year exceedingly dangerous.

By means of the construction hereinafter described, the sleigh of this invention is adapted to form a broad path and thoroughly pack down the snow, giving a broad pathway for sleighs subsequently passing over the route. At the same time the sleigh of this invention is adapted to easily travel over previously beaten paths made by sleighs of the construction heretofore employed without danger of upsetting.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention consists in the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described, illustrated and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a plan view of a sled embodying the present invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same.

The sled contemplated in this invention is what is ordinarily known as a bob-sled comprising a forward section 1 and a rear section 2, the same being connected by a reach-bar or pole 3 connected permanently to the rear sled and stiffened relatively thereto by means of braces 4, said reach pole being pivotally connected at 5 to the forward section of the sled, as illustrated in the drawings, thus enabling the forward section to be turned in rounding corners and steering the sled as a whole. The forward section comprises the oppositely arranged runners 6 connected by the forward cross-bar 7 to which is connected the draft-pole or tongue 8 braced relatively to the front cross-bar 7 by the oblique irons 9. The runners 6 are connected intermediate their ends by a stout main cross-bar 10.

The rear section of the sled comprises the oppositely arranged runners 11 which are connected to the front cross-bar 12 and also connected intermediate their ends by the main common connecting cross-bar 13. In addition to the runners 11 which are located at the usual distance apart and trail in rear of the forward runners 6, I employ another set of auxiliary runners 14 which are arranged at the outer sides of the runners 11 and at a suitable distance therefrom to give a broad gage to the rear section of the sled. The main crossbar 13 is made of a sufficient length to extend across all of the runners 11 and 14 and is braced relatively to each runner by a pair of inclined knee braces 15 which extend over the cross-bar 13 and downward on opposite sides thereof where they connect to the runners, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. Likewise the front cross-bar 12 is made long enough to connect the forward ends of all of the runners l1 and 14. In this way, all of the runners of the rear section of the sled are rigidly connected and firmly braced.

The running gear of the sled hereinabove described is adapted to support a body or bed of any desired construction or capacity and character according to the size and nature of the load to be carried. By actual test, a sled constructed as above described has been found to be capable of carrying more than twice the load carried by the sleds now in use with less burden and draft on the animals.

I claim A sled comprising a forward section having parallel runners, and a rear section also having parallelrunners and auxiliary runners located outside of and parallel with the aforesaid runners, a common cross-bar connecting the main and auxiliary runners of the rear section, and knee braces interposed between said cross-bar and the runners connected thereby, substantially as described.

Witnesses (Jr-ms. F. SAWYER, ALLISON STEWART. 

